Sean Mathias

Sean Mathias is a British Theatre Director, Film Director and Writer. He has worked at the Royal National Theatre, the West End, the Kennedy Centre, The Mark Taper Forum, Off-Broadway and many times on Broadway, as well as Paris, Sydney, Cape Town, Johannesburg, San Francisco and extensively in the UK.

He has written a number of plays including the award-winning A Prayer for Wings, and the screenplay for the award-winning BBC film The Lost Language of Cranes.

In 2009/2010 Sean was the Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Haymarket and his legendary production of Waiting for Godot played two seasons at the theatre, as well as touring the UK and internationally. In 2013 he directed and co-produced Two Plays in Rep, comprising Beckett’s Godot and Pinter’s No Man’s Land on Broadway at the Cort Theatre. His production of No Man’s Land, starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, was the highest-grossing play in the history of the Wyndham’s Theatre. In 2019 he directed ‘Ian McKellen Onstage’ which toured the UK and played a season at the Pinter Theatre raising a staggering five million pounds for theatre charities. Sean was the Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Windsor for the Summer Seasons from 2021 to 2024 where he directed Hamlet,  The Cherry Orchard, Dial M for Murder, The Chalk Garden, Frank & Percy, Alone Together, Accolade and Filumena. 

He directed the award-winning film Bent.

He has won various awards including  The Standard Award, WhatsOnStage Award,  Cardiff International Film Festival award, the Critics’ Circle Award, a Fringe First at Edinburgh and the Prix de la Jeunesse at Cannes. He has been nominated for an Olivier Award and Tony Award.